HISTORY
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Question
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The word ‘Hindu’ as reference to the people of Hind (India) was first used by-
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The Arabs
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The Romans
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The Chinese
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The Greeks
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The word Hindu or Indu was used by Greeks to denote the country and the people living beyond the Indus river.
Detailed explanation-2: -Raja Rammohun Roy, in 1816, was the first person to use the word ‘Hinduism’. The early 1800s was the age of reform with Roy’s Brahmo Samaj and much later the Arya Samaj trying to erase archaic traditions like sati, child marriage, and encourage widow remarriage.
Detailed explanation-3: -The word “Hindu” originates from the Sanskrit word for river, sindhu. The Indus River running through northwest India into Pakistan received its name from the Sanskrit term sindhu. The Persians designated the land around the Indus River as Hindu, a mispronunciation of the Sanskrit sindhu.
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